Article by Alexandru Stanciu – Published Friday, November 14, 2025 9:20 p.m. / Updated Friday, November 14, 2025 9:35 p.m.
A day before the match that the Romanian national team will play in Bosnia, in the preliminary campaign of the 2026 World Championship, Mihai Stoica (60 years old), the president of the FCSB Board of Directors, identified the main problem of the selector Mircea Lucescu (80 years old) in the composition of the “first 11”.
- Bosnia – Romania, the penultimate match of the WC 2026 preliminaries, will be played on Saturday, November 15, from 21:45.
- The Zenica duel will be liveTEXT on GSP.ro, with real-time information from Gazeta Sporturilor reporters present at the stadium, and live on Prima TV
The official of the title champion in the Super League believes that the Romanian national team looks very good from the middle up, but the composition of the defense will be a real problem for “Il Luce”.
Mihai Stoica, before Bosnia – Romania: “On the bottom line we have problems”
Although he repeatedly criticized him for the lack of defensive contribution to the Romanian national team, Mihai Stoica is of the opinion that Andrei Rațiu is a fixed point in the “first 11” of the national team, thanks to the very good developments in La Liga.
Also, the FCSB official believes that Virgil Ghiță, the author of the only goal in the victory against Austria, will also start.
“On the bottom line we have problems, we from the middle line up look very good. Bottom line, OK, you have fullbacks who are super-super offensive and make plays.
Ratiu played extraordinary with Real Madrid. One of the central defenders is Ghiță clar. Scored a goal, play there (no to Hannover 96). Bancu will probably be, he was the owner. Chipciu plays very well at the age of 36 as a left defender, but it's not his position”, said Mihai Stoica, at Prima Sport.
Romania's team for the matches with Bosnia and San Marino
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Goalkeepers: Ionuț RADU (Celta de Vigo | Spain, 6/0), Ștefan TâRNOVANU (FCSB, 3/0), Marian AIOANI (FC Rapid 1923, 0/0);
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defense: Andrei RAțIU (Rayo Vallecano | Spain, 34/1), Deian SORESCU (Gaziantep FK | Turkey, 23/0), Virgil GHIȚĂ (Hannover 96 | Germany, 6/1), Bogdan RACOVIȚAN (Raków | Poland, 4/0), Adrian RUS (Universitatea Craiova, 22/1), Lisav EISSAT (Maccabi Haifa | Israel, 1/0), Nicușor BANCU (Universitatea Craiova, 49/2), Alexandru CHIPCIU (Cluj University, 48/6)
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midfielders: Marius MARIN (Pisa | Italy, 34/0), Vladimir SCRECIU (Universitatea Craiova, 5/0), Răzvan MARIN (AEK Athens | Greece, 70/12), Vlad DRAGOMIR (Paphos | Cyprus, 3/0), Ianis HAGI (Alanyaspor | Turkey, 49/7), Florin TĂNASE (FCSB, 24/5), Darius OLARU (FCSB, 26/0), Dennis MAN (PSV | Netherlands, 41/10), David MICULESCU (FCSB, 5/0), Valentin MIHĂILĂ (Caykur Rizespor | Turkey, 32/5), Ștefan BAIARAM (Universitatea Craiova, 1/0), Claudiu PETRILA (FC Rapid 1923, 1/0);
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Strikers: Denis DRĂGUȘ (Eyüpspor | Turkey, 26/7), Daniel BÎRLIGEA (FCSB, 5/1), Louis MUNTEANU (CFR Cluj, 3/1).
